Mob Scene
Members of Congress are home for the vacation and are hearing about healthcare from their constituents. Apparently they’re getting an earful.Some voters are mad, damn mad about healthcare as it now is configured. They’re also (apparently) some of them mad, damn mad about the proposed changes. Recent town hall meetings have featured shouting mobs, several members of Congress threatened with bodily harm and other unpleasantries. Disgusting performance for a republican democracy. Putting aside the supposition that the protesters might be a paid mob, really who cares where they come from. The important thing is to show some civility here and let everyone speak his or her mind and then get on with it. I’m sorry, white suburban protesters of health care reform are definitely not in the same category as brutally oppressed southern blacks as when the voting rights act was debated during the LBJ era. People who have issues with the health care reform package are not be water cannoned by obstreperous police. At least not yet….I understand that many times our elected representatives have nothing but rhetoric to offer, but that’s no excuse to invoke mob action at a town meeting. You give no respect, you get no respect. So my message is, Sit down and wait your turn like productive citizens instead of acting like bloody hooligans.Jeremy Myers is the Owner of Lyssabeth’s Oregon Wedding Officiantswww.oregonweddingofficiants.com
